ANALYSIS – With the Middle East in turmoil, the “Party of God” is transforming from an anti-Israel militia to a regional actor heavily invested in the Syrian civil war and resembling a conventional […]
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Jabhat Fateh al-Sham’s income and resources
ANALYSIS / OPEN-SOURCE INVESTIGATION – The jihadist fighters of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham in Syria get their money and arms from taxation, tariffs, spoils of war, ransom, donations, oil trading, looting, asset seizure, sieges and […]
The IS Propaganda Machine
“The Islamic State Propaganda Machine” is a report on how the Islamic State uses propaganda – via traditional media and social media platforms – to recruit, to shape perceptions and to form identites […]
A police raid in Belgium
VERVIERS, Belgium: An alleged key figure of the November 2015 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris had slipped away from Belgian police 10 months earlier, when they stormed an apartment and […]
The IS media jihad
Tech-savvy young media producers are boosting the Islamic State’s allure with increasingly competent presentation skills and graphics to enhance the brutal videos that have long been a staple. A video-game ethos is part […]